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Willamette National Cemetery

Willamette National Cemetery
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11800 Southeast Mount Scott Boulevard
Happy Valley Oregon 97086

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lat: 45.4640372 long: -122.5465897
Willamette National Cemetery, located in Portland, Oregon, is a U.S. National Cemetery that covers 269.4 acres straddling the Multnomah and Clackamas County lines, approximately 10 miles southeast of downtown. Administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, it was established in 1950 after the state of Oregon donated 102 acres of land. The cemetery, which has 188,000 interments as of 2021, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. It is situated on a Boring Lava Field cone and is one of three national cemeteries in Oregon, alongside Roseburg and Eagle Point.

Notable monuments include a Korean War Memorial honoring 283 Oregonians who fought and died in the conflict. The cemetery also features interments of Medal of Honor recipients and several prominent individuals, such as World War II veteran Donald Malarkey (Band of Brothers), U.S. Senator and Governor of Oregon Mark Hatfield, and Medal of Honor recipients such as Lieutenant Colonel Stanley T. Adams. The site is also recognized as a Blue Star Memorial Highway location.

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